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subcontrary

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Definition of subcontrary

3 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (not-comparable)Contrary in an inferior degree.
    “Two planes drawn through the vertex of the cone parallel to the plane of the circular base , and that of a subcontrary section, are called by Chasles the cyclic planes of the cone”
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adj

  1. (not-comparable)Contrary in an inferior degree.
    “Two planes drawn through the vertex of the cone parallel to the plane of the circular base , and that of a subcontrary section, are called by Chasles the cyclic planes of the cone”
  2. (not-comparable)Contrary in an inferior degree.

noun

  1. Either of a pair of propositions at least one of which must be true

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Etymology

From sub- + contrary.

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